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Query: EC:3.1.3.16 (calcineurin)
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The substrate specificity of a preparation of phosphoprotein phosphatase (Mr = 32 000) from rat liver was investigated. Phosphopeptides based on the structure Leu-Arg-Arg-Ala-Ser(P)-Val-Ala-Glx-Leu and Ala-Arg-Thr-Lys-Arg-Ser-Gly-Ser(P)-Val-Tyr-Glu-Pro-Leu-Lys were used. These phosphopeptides correspond to the phosphorylation sites of rat liver pyruvate kinase (type L) and the beta subunit of rabbit muscle phosphorylase b kinase, respectively. A decrease in the apparent Km values and a concomitant increase in Vmax values was observed when the number of amino acyl residues after the phosphoseryl residue in the respective phosphopeptides were increased from 2 to 4, 5, or 6. Most of the phosphopeptides investigated generally showed apparent Km values higher than the values obtained with phosphopyruvate kinase. Ala-Ser(P)-Val-Ala and Gly-Ser(P)-Val-Tyr appeared to be the shortest phosphopeptides that could be dephosphorylated rapidly. These findings support the hypothesis that a small part of the phosphoprotein may be sufficient to fulfill the minimal requirements for its dephosphorylation.
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PMID:Phosphopeptide substrates of a phosphoprotein phosphatase from rat liver. 625 66

A protein phosphatase was isolated from the yeast, Candida utilis, which could reactivate (dephosphorylate) the phosphorylated form of the NAD-dependent glutamate dehydrogenase. The protein could also dephosphorylate casein, histone and kemptide (a heptapeptide corresponding to the phosphorylation site of liver pyruvate kinase). Reactivation of the phosphorylated glutamate dehydrogenase was stimulated by the simultaneous addition of NAD and L-glutamate; 2-oxoglutarate, NH+4 and NADH had no effect. The reactivation of phosphorylated glutamate dehydrogenase could be inhibited by phosphate, pyrophosphate and fluoride.
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PMID:Reactivation of the phospho form of the NAD-dependent glutamate dehydrogenase by a yeast protein phosphatase. 626 12

Protein phosphatase-2B was purified from extracts of rabbit skeletal muscle by a procedure that involved fractionation with ammonium sulphate, chromatography on DEAE-Sepharose, fractionation with poly(ethylene glycol), gel filtration on Sephadex G-200 (Mr = 98000 +/- 4000), chromatography on Affi-Gel Blue and affinity chromatography on calmodulin-Sepharose. The enzyme was purified 3500-fold in seven days with an overall yield of 0.5%. The alpha-subunit of phosphorylase kinase, protein phosphatase inhibitor-1 and the myosin P-light chain from rabbit skeletal muscle were dephosphorylated by protein phosphatase-2B with similar kinetic constants. The alpha-subunit of phosphorylase kinase was dephosphorylated at least 100-fold more rapidly than the beta-subunit, while glycogen phosphorylase, glycogen synthase, histones H1 and H2B, ATP-citrate lyase, acetyl-CoA carboxylase, L-pyruvate kinase and protein synthesis initiation factor eIF-2 were not dephosphorylated at significant rates. Protein phosphatase-2B became activated 10-fold by calmodulin (A0.5 = 6 nM) after chromatography on DEAE-Sepharose and this degree of activation was maintained throughout the remainder of the purification. Calmodulin increased the Vmax of the reaction without altering the Km for inhibitor-1. The activity of protein phosphatase-2B was completely dependent on Ca2+ in the presence or absence of calmodulin. Half-maximal activation was observed at 1.0 microM Ca2+ in the absence, and at 0.5 microM Ca2+ in the presence, of 0.03 microM calmodulin. Protein phosphatase-2B was inhibited completely by trifluoperazine; half-maximal inhibition occurred at 45 microM in the absence and 35 microM in the presence of 0.03 microM calmodulin. The metabolic role of protein phosphatase-2B in vivo is discussed in the light of the observation that this enzyme is probably identical to a major calmodulin-binding protein of neural tissue termed calcineurin or CaM-BP80 [Stewart, A. A., Ingebritsen, T. S., Manalan, A., Klee, C. B., and Cohen, P. (1982) FEBS Lett. 137, 80-84].
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PMID:The protein phosphatases involved in cellular regulation. 5. Purification and properties of a Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase (2B) from rabbit skeletal muscle. 630 28

Methods were developed for quantifying protein phosphatases-1, 2A, 2B and 2C in cell extracts, and these procedures were exploited to determine their tissue and subcellular distributions. In addition, the contribution of each enzyme to the total protein phosphatase activity in skeletal muscle and liver extracts towards nine proteins involved in the control of glycogen metabolism, glycolysis/gluconeogenesis, fatty acid synthesis and cholesterol synthesis was assessed. Each protein phosphatase was present at significant concentrations in skeletal muscle, heart muscle, liver, brain and adipose tissue, although the relative amounts differed considerably. In skeletal muscle, protein phosphatase-1 was the major enzyme acting on phosphorylase, glycogen synthase and phosphorylase kinase (beta-subunit), and thus was the major protein phosphatase responsible for the inactivation of glycogenolysis and stimulation of glycogen synthesis. This idea was reinforced by the observation that 50% of the protein phosphatase-1 activity was associated with the protein-glycogen complex. In the liver, protein phosphatases-1, 2A and 2C each appear to play a role in the regulation of glycogen metabolism. Protein phosphatase-1 accounted for a significant fraction of the total potential activity towards phosphorylase and glycogen synthase, and was the major phosphorylase kinase (beta-subunit) phosphatase of this tissue. In addition, it was the only protein phosphatase present in the protein-glycogen complex. Protein phosphatase 2A was also a major phosphorylase phosphatase and glycogen synthase phosphatase in this tissue. Protein phosphatase 2C was a significant glycogen synthase phosphatase in the liver, but had negligible activity toward phosphorylase or phosphorylase kinase (beta-subunit). In the absence of Ca2+, protein phosphatase 2A was the major phosphorylase kinase (alpha-subunit) phosphatase and the only inhibitor-1 phosphatase, in skeletal muscle or liver. In the presence of Ca2+, protein phosphatase 2B accounted for most of the activity towards these substrates. Protein phosphatase 2A was the major enzyme acting on L-pyruvate kinase, ATP-citrate lyase and acetyl-CoA carboxylase in rat liver, suggesting an important role in the regulation of glycolysis/gluconeogenesis and fatty acid synthesis. Protein phosphatase 2C was the major enzyme acting on hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) reductase and HMG-CoA reductase kinase, suggesting an important role in the regulation of cholesterol synthesis. However, the observation that 20% of the protein phosphatase-1 in liver was associated with the microsomal fraction suggests that this enzyme may also be involved in regulating HMG-CoA reductase, which is tightly associated with microsomes. The activity of protein phosphatase-1 in dilute skeletal muscle and liver extracts was just as sensitive to inhibitor-1 and inhibitor-2 as the purified enzyme. In concentrated extracts, higher concentrations of the inhibitor proteins were required and the inhibition was time-dependent...
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PMID:The protein phosphatases involved in cellular regulation. 6. Measurement of type-1 and type-2 protein phosphatases in extracts of mammalian tissues; an assessment of their physiological roles. 630 29

A phosphoprotein phosphatase has been purified from rat liver cytosol. The purification involved chromatography on DEAE-cellulose. Sephacryl S-200, fast protein liquid chromatography (FPLC) and sucrose density gradient centrifugation. It resulted in an almost homogeneous enzyme with a relative molecular mass, Mr, of 90 000 by gel filtration and sucrose gradient centrifugation and Mr = 44 500 by sodium dodecyl sulfate/polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). Therefore it seems to be a dimeric enzyme. This protein phosphatase (termed PFK-phosphatase) is completely dependent on Mg2+, which can be replaced partly by Mn2+. It can be eluted from DEAE-cellulose with 120 mM NaCl, is not affected by Ca2+, 100 microM trifluoperazine or the heat-stable inhibitor-2. Inhibition occurs with phosphate, ammonium sulfate and fluoride. PFK-phosphatase dephosphorylates preferentially the alpha subunit of phosphorylase kinase (alpha/beta dephosphorylation ratio 5-10). Phosphorylase a, mixed histone and casein do not serve as substrates. The enzyme dephosphorylates effectively the key enzymes of glucose metabolism 6-phosphofructo-1-kinase, fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase, pyruvate kinase and 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase. Using this protein phosphatase and the catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase, a complete phosphorylation, dephosphorylation and rephosphorylation cycle was possible with 6-phosphofructo-1-kinase as substrate.
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PMID:Purification and characterization of a protein phosphatase from rat liver acting on key enzymes of glucose metabolism. 632 87

A continuous spectrophotometric assay for cAMP phosphodiesterase has been optimized and adopted for assaying calmodulin in biological samples. This method utilizes the coupled enzyme reactions of myokinase, pyruvate kinase, and lactic acid dehydrogenase. The effective molar extinction coefficient for this method is 1.25 X 10(4) at 340 nm. A point-assay method capable of handling a large number of samples has also been established. This same procedure can also be adopted for the assay of calcineurin and other calmodulin-binding proteins.
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PMID:An optimized continuous assay for cAMP phosphodiesterase and calmodulin. 632 36

After partial chromatographic purification of rat liver cell sap on DEAE-cellulose, including the removal of type M2 pyruvate kinase, different forms of type L pyruvate kinase were separated by chromatofocusing. Three fractions of pyruvate kinase activity were found, eluting at pH 5.0, 5.2, and 5.3, respectively. The first one was identified as phosphorylated and the second one as unphosphorylated pyruvate kinase. There were strong indications that the third fraction represented a proteolytically modified form of the enzyme, since it co-migrated with a form modified in vitro and had a similarly increased apparent Km for phosphoenolpyruvate. To rule out the possibility of this being a phosphorylated form of pyruvate kinase, the enzyme was incubated with a phosphoprotein phosphatase and then phosphorylated with cAMP-dependent protein kinase. The enzyme was not phosphorylated, like pyruvate kinase modified with subtilisin or calcium-activated protease. There is some evidence that a proteolytically modified pyruvate kinase exists in vivo. This enzyme form has not previously been demonstrated in cell sap, prior to exposure to proteolytic enzymes. The relative amounts of the three forms were determined in livers from starved rats and rats fed on a normal or a carbohydrate-rich diet.
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PMID:Hepatic L-type pyruvate kinase: separation of unphosphorylated, phosphorylated and proteolytically modified in vivo forms. 674

We have shown previously (Nishimura, M., Fedorov, S., and Uyeda, K. (1994) (J. Biol. Chem. 269, 26100-26106) that the administration of high concentrations of glucose stimulates dephosphorylation of Fru-6-P,2-kinase: Fru-2,6-bisphosphatase in perfused liver, and xylulose (Xu) 5-P activates the dephosphorylation reaction. To characterize the protein phosphatase, we have purified the Xu 5-P-activated protein phosphatase to homogeneity from livers of rats injected with high glucose. Several protein phosphatases in the livers were separated by DEAE-cellulose chromatography, but only one peak of the enzyme was activated by Xu 5-P. The protein phosphatase was inhibited by okadaic acid (IC50 = 1-3 nM) and did not require Mg2+ or Ca2+, suggesting that the enzyme was type 2A. The enzyme was a heterotrimer (M(r) = 150,000) and consisted of structural (A, 65 kDa) catalytic (C, 36 kDa), and regulatory (B, 52 kDa) subunits. Amino acid sequences of five tryptic peptides derived from the B subunit showed similarity with those of the B alpha isoform of rat protein phosphatase 2A, but five out of 73 residues were different. The protein phosphatase catalyzed dephosphorylation of Fru-6-P,2-kinase:Fru-2,6-Pase, phosphorylase alpha, and pyruvate kinase, and the Km values were 0.8 microM, 3.7 microM, and 2.2 microM, respectively. Among these substrates dephosphorylation of only the bifunctional enzyme was activated by Xu 5-P, and the K alpha value for Xu 5-P was 20 microM. Xu 5-P was the only sugar phosphate which activated the PP2A among all the sugar phosphates examined. These results demonstrated the existence and isolation of a unique heterotrimeric protein phosphatase 2A in rat liver which catalyzed the dephosphorylation of Fru-6-P,2-kinase:Fru-2,6-Pase and was activated specifically by Xu 5-P. The Xu 5-P-activated protein phosphatase 2A explains the increased Fru 2,6-P2 level in liver after high glucose administration.
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PMID:Purification and characterization of a novel xylulose 5-phosphate-activated protein phosphatase catalyzing dephosphorylation of fructose-6-phosphate,2-kinase:fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase. 759 45

Uniparental embryos have been instrumental in studying imprinting because contributions from the parental genomes can be determined unambiguously. In this study, we set out to identify imprinted genes showing differential expression between parthenogenetic and fertilized embryos during preimplantation and early postimplantation stages of development. We identified three genes--apolipoprotein E, pyruvate kinase-3, and protein phosphatase 1 gamma--that represent excellent candidates for imprinted genes, based on the results of the differential screen, their function in differentiation and the cell cycle, and their location within imprinted chromosomal regions. In addition, two novel genes expressed in trophoblast were identified, 1661 and RA81. These genes, together with four known imprinted genes, H19, Igf2r, Igf2, and Snrpn, showed evidence of expression from both parental alleles in early stage embryos, indicating a role for postfertilization processes in regulating imprinted gene function.
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PMID:Identification of genes showing altered expression in preimplantation and early postimplantation parthenogenetic embryos. 856 29

A protein phosphatase that dephosphorylates pyruvate kinase (PK) in vitro was purified and characterized from the foot muscle of the anoxia tolerant gastropod mollusc Busycon canaliculatum. Purification involved three steps: negative chromatography through Blue Dextran and CM Sephadex, affinity chromatography on DEAE Sephadex and gel exclusion chromatography on Sephacryl S-400. Pyruvate kinase phosphatase (PK-Pase) activity was monitored by following changes in PK I50 values for L-alanine that had previously been linked to changes in the degree of PK phosphorylation. The purified PK-Pase gave a single band on SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis with a molecular weight of 41 +/- 1 kdaltons. Isoelectric focusing analysis showed that the PK-Pase had an isoelectric point of 4.2 +/- 0.1. Kinetic analysis showed that the enzyme was a Type 2C protein phosphatase with a pH optimum of 6.5. Maximal activity required the presence of magnesium ions (KM = 7.9 +/- 0.6 microM) although high concentrations of Mg2+ were inhibitory (I50 = 2.3 +/- 0.4 mM). The protein phosphatase activity was not affected by either spermine, cAMP, cGMP, potassium phosphate, tartrate, NaF, HgCl2, citrate or concentrations of CaCl2 less than 10 mM. The enzyme could also use ATP, ADP, and GTP as substrates.
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PMID:Purification and characterization of a protein phosphatase that dephosphorylates pyruvate kinase in an anoxia tolerant animal. 873 44


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